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Cheryl Nyberg University of Washington Gallagher Law Library Introduction to Environmental Law & Process (SMA 476) October 12, 2011 F INDING THE L AW O NLINE : P RIMARY & S ECONDARY S OURCES

P ARALLEL S YSTEMS Federal  Legislative = US Congress  Executive  President  Executive branch & independent agencies  Judicial  US Supreme Court  US Courts of Appeals  US District Courts  Specialized courts State  Legislative = WA State Legislature  Executive  Governor  Executive branch & independent agencies  Judicial  WA Supreme Court  WA Court of Appeals  Superior, district, county & municipal courts

P RIMARY & S ECONDARY A UTHORITY  Primary  Statement of "the law" from bodies with law- making authority  Examples: laws, regulations, and court opinions  Secondary  Analyze, criticize, explain, interpret, and/or refer to primary law  Examples: books, government reports, law review articles, and legal encyclopedias

P RIMARY S OURCES O NLINE  Government vs. commercial  Updating frequency  Citations to related sources  Ease of use  Free vs. fee

F REE S OURCES Gallagher guide on Free Law OnlineFree Law Online  Organization  Links

C OMMERCIAL S OURCES  Off-Campus Access  UW Libraries > Subject Guides > LawLaw  U.S. Federal Law

F INDING L AWS O NLINE U.S. Code  Cornell Legal Information Institute (free) Cornell Legal Information Institute  FDsys (free) FDsys  LexisNexis Academic ($) LexisNexis Academic

F INDING R EGULATIONS O NLINE Code of Federal Regulations  Cornell Legal Information Institute (free) Cornell Legal Information Institute  FDsys (free) FDsys  LexisNexis Academic ($) LexisNexis Academic

A GENCY W EBSITES  USA.gov USA.gov  Google advanced search Google advanced search  Search within a site or domain =.gov  Laws, regulations, and policies

W EB 2.0  RSS feeds  Regulations.gov Regulations.gov

F INDING C OURT D ECISIONS O NLINE U.S. Supreme Court  Free Law Online (free) Free Law Online  HeinOnline ($) HeinOnline  LexisNexis Academic ($) LexisNexis Academic

O THER C OURT O PINIONS  Court websites  Federal courts Federal courts  State courts State courts  LexisOne (free) LexisOne  Last 10 years for most courts  LexisNexis Academic ($) LexisNexis Academic  Federal and state courts  All dates

F INDING A RTICLES O NLINE  LexisNexis Academic > US Legal > Law Reviews  Search full-text articles  HeinOnline > Law Journal Library  Retrieve PDF images of known articles  UW Libraries > Articles & Research DatabasesArticles & Research Databases  UW Libraries > Subject GuidesSubject Guides

F INDING B OOKS O NLINE  WorldCat WorldCat  Books, government reports, and selected articles  Google Books Google Books  Selected previews

R EMINDERS  Use Free Law Online to sources of primary lawFree Law Online  Use LexisNexis Academic to find laws, regulations, cases, and articles  Ask a Reference Librarian!   Ask Us link on Law Library homepage Ask Us link

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